JC9283. Calcite, sphalerite,
galena. Ballard mine, Baxter Springs, Picher field, Tri-State
district, Cherokee county, Kansas. 8 x 8 cm 124g.
$10.00. Collected in 1948 according to the label. This one
hasn't had the best treatment. Minor bruising here and there.
The front side is nicely coated with crystallized calcite; many of the
crystals have minor bruising unfortunately. Back side is drusy
sphalerite in small crystals, and a single partial galena cube.
ON HOLD

JC9283. Back side.

JC9212. Calcite (cobaltoan).
Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi district, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
(Zaire). 6 x 7 cm 227g. $275.00. A rare
color for these, which are usually more magenta. This one is magenta
with a purple over tint which creates a really odd color. From
the Uri Bahman collection, who kept this one back for quite a while due to
the odd color.

JC9212. Another view.

JC9212. Another view.

JC9212. Another view.

JC9145.Calcite. Red Dome
mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia. 6 x 8 cm
193g. $75.00 These came out about 2001. Some of the best
Australian calcites I have ever seen. Group of modified
scalenohedral crystals, nicely translucent to gemmy, some with a hint of
iron staining, on a corroded older generation calcite. I have 4 of
these I held back from this find and finally decided to let them go.
They are shown here. No damage.

JC8913. Calcite, pyrite. Pribram,
Central Bohemia region, Bohemia, Czech republic. 9 x 14 cm
628g. $175.00. Nice clean group of crystals with small scattered
pyrite over them. Mines closed in 1991, so this predates that.
Has a rather old looking label with it. Label looks to be more than 30
or so years old.

JC8621. Calcite. Ojuela mine,
Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 7 x 9 cm 342g. $75.00.
This is a beautiful calcite for the Ojuela mine. The photos do not
even come close to representing this piece. The crystals are nearly
transparent flattened rhombohedrons of brilliant luster. Larger on the
top and sides (to 4 cm) and smaller in the center. The whole thing is
scintillating bright. Much better in person.

JC8479.Calcite (manganoan).
Pachapaqui, Bolognesi province, Ancash department, Peru. 5 x 10 cm
219g. $175.00. Appears to be a scalenohedron subsequently
coated with small scalenohedrons like spines on a cactus. Pale pink in
color with somewhat dull luster as is typical with these manganocalcites
from Pachapaqui. Highly fluorescent in a magenta-orange color.
Minor sulfides are also present. One side looks like a double
terminated poorly formed scalenohedron and is obvious in the photos below.
Purchased 4-93; Ex Dan Belsher collection #2117

JC8479. Another view.

JC8479. Another view.

JC8479. Another view. The
odd doubly terminated portion is visible in this shot.

JC8178. Another view.
The partial fluorite crystal can be seen on the lower left.

JC8178. Another view.

JC8178. Another view.

JC8171. Calcite. San Martin
mine, San Martin-Sabinas district, San Martin, Mun. de Sombrerete,
Zacatecas, Mexico. 4.5 x 6.5 cm 173g. $120.00.
Pale lavender crystals of calcite on matrix. The mine is noted for
these lightly colored calcites, which are rarely seen for sale.
A fine example. One crystal on this piece is cleaved.

JC8171. Vertical view.

JC8171. Side view.

JC8171. Close up.

JC8171. Close up.

JC8023. Calcite. Egremont, West
Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, United Kingdom. 4.5 x 4.5 cm
52g. $100.00. A single crystal of a sort of flattened
rhomboid supported by smaller crystals. Ding on the top edge,
easily seen in the photos.

JC8023. Another view.

JC7740. Calcite, quartz.
Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 2.5
x 5.5 cm 41g. $60.00. A 4 cm crystal with quartz crystals
on the back side. A very slight hint of violet color to the crystal.
Good sharp crystal, not common on the market these days.

JC5712. Calcite (cobaltoan).
Aghbar mine, Bou-Azzer district, Tazenakht Ouarzazate prov.,
Souss-Massa-Draa region, Morocco. 5 x 8 cm 188g.
$90.00. A beautiful pink group of crystals. Two views are
shown. Good luster as can be seen in the photo. There is some
very slight rubbing of the top crystals when turned in the light...very hard
to see, but I wanted to mention it.

JC8150. Cerussite. Tsumeb mine,
Tsumeb, Namibia. 4 x 9 cm 145g. $50.00. A
vug in decomposed galena is lined with cerussite crystals. One larger
crystal is present on the top left in this photo. A little
different from the usual cerussite crystals perched on various minerals.

JC6685. Cerussite. Kapi mine,
North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania. 5 x 7 cm 92g.
$150.00. Silky, near solid coating of crystals on matrix.
Cerussite specimens in this size are not often seen on the market from the
Kapi mine. More famous for its yellowish chrome cerussite, this
one is fairly light colored.

JC6685. Another view

JC6685. A closer view.

JC6685. Another close up.

JC5781. Cerussite. Daoping
lead-zinc mine, Goncheng county, Guilin prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang
autonomous region, China. 4.5 x 8 cm 143g.
$125.00. A bright group of crystals exhibiting various forms.
Crystals are glassy and highly translucent. Lots of sparkle.
They look quite similar to the cerussite that came from the 9 Level, Jersey
vein, of the Bunker Hill mine in Idaho around 1982.

JC5781. A closer view.

JC5065. Cerussite. Daoping
Lead-Zinc mine, Guangxi prov., China. 6 x 8 cm 389g.
$125.00. A tough one to photograph, as the crystals blend
together. Has reticulated crystals, bladed crystals, and "snowflake"
crystals all together. One of the brighter, prettier cerussites I've
seen from here. Two views are shown to try to get an idea of the
myriad crystals composing this specimen. Reminds me of the old 9 level
cerussites from the Bunker Hill mine that came out in the 1980's.
This one will be mailed packed in soap powder due to its fragility.

JC9070. Grape agate/grape chalcedony?
Manakarra beach?, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. 7 x 9 cm 137g.
$125.00. There was quite a bit of this stuff scattered around
the show. The only definitive location is Sulawesi...I have not seen
an exact verified location as yet. Manakarra beach is consistant
amongst several dealers, so for now I'm going with that. The poorer
quality material is off color, with the better stuff a nice
lavender/amethyst color. The poorer material does not have any luster,
whereas the better material has a nice shine of minute, microscopic,
quartz? that makes up the chalcedony. Prices are all over the place,
and surprisingly high considering the abundance of material. I
picked up two, with nice luster and color of intermediate quality. The
better (and very expensive) material have no broken botryoids on them.
These two have some broken botryoids...not sure if I would call it damage or
not, just where other botryoids were attached.

JC8604. Cinnabar, quartz. New
Almaden mine, Almaden Quicksilver county park, New Almaden, New Almaden
district, Santa Cruz mountains, Santa Clara county, California. 6
x 8.5 cm 214g. $200.00 Rarely ever are cinnabar specimens
available from this long closed locality. This is an unusually good
piece with acicular crystals running in a vein along the lower front of the
piece. The cinnabar crystals are mostly coated with a thin layer of
micro-crystalline quartz. A fine specimen for this locality.

JC9346. Clinozoisite. San
Cristobal hill, Canete, Lima department, Peru. 6 x 8.5 cm
309g. $50.00. Crystals are from 2.5 cm and smaller.
There seems to be a little bit of confusion as to the exact locality for
these. A different dealer had these as from the recent find of epidote
from Canete...said they were very close to the epidote find. Nice size
clinozoisite for Peru. Crystals are a beige with hints of green and
gray. A recent find, new to me, however they were present at the
Munich show this past fall of 2017.

JC9347. Clinozoisite.
San Cristobal hill, Canete, Lima department, Peru. A 3.2 cm
tall crystal. $15.00. There seems to be a little bit
of confusion as to the exact locality for these. A different dealer
had these as from the recent find of epidote from Canete...said they were
very close to the epidote find. Nice size clinozoisite for Peru.
Crystals are a beige with hints of green and gray. A recent
find, new to me, however they were present at the Munich show this past fall
of 2017.

JC9347. Another view.

JC9347. Another view.

JC9348. Clinozoisite.
San Cristobal hill, Canete, Lima department, Peru. A 4 cm
tall crystal. $18.00. There seems to be a little bit
of confusion as to the exact locality for these. A different dealer
had these as from the recent find of epidote from Canete...said they were
very close to the epidote find. Nice size clinozoisite for Peru.
Crystals are a beige with hints of green and gray. A recent
find, new to me, however they were present at the Munich show this past fall
of 2017.

JC9348. Another view.

JC9348. Another view.

JC8916. Clinozoisite.
Rosario Mabel mine (Flor de Peru II claim), Pampa Blanca district, Castrovirreyna
province, Huancavelica department, Peru. 6.5 x 7 cm 287g.
$40.00. A one time find, and small occurrence of these beige/honey
colored crystals. The location may not be the Rosario Mabel mine
itself, but a small occurrence nearby. No mention of this
find on Mindat. These came out about the same time as the epidote
crystals from this locality, which were abundant several years ago.
One dealer has these as the Angelina II mine in this area.

JC8916. A close up view.

JC8918.Clinozoisite.
Rosario Mabel mine (Flor de Peru II claim), Pampa Blanca district, Castrovirreyna
province, Huancavelica department, Peru. 6.5 x 7 cm 287g.
$40.00. A one time find, and small occurrence of these beige/honey
colored crystals. The location may not be the Rosario Mabel mine
itself, but a small occurrence nearby. No mention of this
find on Mindat. These came out about the same time as the epidote
crystals from this locality, which were abundant several years ago.
One dealer has these as the Angelina II mine in this area.

JC8596. Colemanite, Nobleite.
Corkscrew mine, Furnace Creek district, near Ryan, Death Valley, Inyo
county, California. 5 x 8.5 cm 242g. $75.00.
This colemanite specimen is from the old Corkscrew mine, located inside
Death Valley National Park. It is made up of intergrown, somewhat
sparkly, colorless spherical aggregates of colemanite crystals. There
are white blebs of what appears to be Nobleite (as stated on the old label).
Found in the 1980's and collecting is now forbidden at this old locality.
Fluorescent yellowish in UV light.

JC8631. Copper, datolite.
Keweenaw peninsula, Michigan. 5 x 7 x 9 cm 506g.
$150.00. A heavy specimen with poorly formed copper crystals and
anhedral copper interspersed through the datolite. Judging by the
weight, if the datolite were removed the piece would show far more copper
than this photo.

JC7661. Copper, calcite.
Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia.
2.7 x 5.6 cm tall. 39g. $125.00. Nice group of
copper crystals on calcite. On the back side of the specimen is a
calcite cleavage fragment that has cuprite inclusions, showing up as the red
"crystal" on the upper left of this photo. ON SALE, TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.

JC8027. Coquimbite. Javier mine,
Huachuas, Lucanas province, Ayacucho dept., Peru. 4 x 5 cm
61g. $40.00. A nicely crystallized example of this water
soluble mineral. (Don't try to clean it in water!).
Pretty lilac color. Has a little of what appears to be iron staining
on it.
ON SALE, TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.

JC8027. Another view.

JC8027. Another view.

JC8844. Creedite. Hall
molybdenum mine, San Antone district, San Antonio mountains, Nye county,
Nevada. 3 x 5 cm 53g. $15.00. A couple of sprigs
of pale lilac colored creedite. Location has been closed for
several years, and no more specimens have been forthcoming.

JC8844. Another view.

JC8844. Another view.

JC7033. Creedite. Qinlong (Dachang),
Qinglong county, Guizhou province, China. 5 x 7 cm 109g.
$100.00. Nice grouping of colorless to white crystals.
This locality appears to be already depleted. None have been on the
market recently.
ON SALE, TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.

JC7034. Close up view of some of
the sprays of crystals and the large crystal on the upper right.

JC7643. Crocoite. Adelaide
mine, Zeehan district, nr. Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. A 6 cm
hollow crystal, with a termination on one end. $125.00.
ON SALE, TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.

JC7643. Oblique view.
The hollow part of the crystal can be seen in the foreground, and the
backside of the hollow part has a termination more easily seen in the photo
below.

JC7643. End view showing the
termination.

JC7549. Crocoite. Adelaide mine,
Zeehan district, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. 3.5 x 5.5 cm
21g. $40.00. Crocoite with a partial coating of gibbsite.
What is interesting is the dozens of tiny crocoite crystals sticking
vertically out of the larger crystals like spines on a cactus.

JC6295. Crocoite. Callenberg,
Glauchau, Saxony, Germany. 4 x 7 cm 148g.
$50.00. Two areas of orange crystals from this defunct locality.
One area shown in this photo. Also crystals on one end as seen in the
lower photo.
ON SALE, TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.

JC6295. Crystals on one end of the
specimen.

JC7343. Crocoite (on dundasite?).
West Comet mine, Dundas, Tasmania. 6 x 11 cm 139g.
$65.00. Dozens of terminated, satin luster, orange crocoite on what
the label said is dundasite, but this is not verified. Collected in
the 1970's.
ON SALE, TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.